Bates College Business Programs

Located in Lewiston, Maine, Bates College is a private not-for-profit institution. The location of Bates is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

Where Is Bates College?

Contact details for Bates are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	2 Andrews Road, Lewiston, ME 04240
Phone:	207-786-6000
Website:	www.bates.edu

How Do I Get Into Bates?

You can apply to Bates online at: www.bates.edu/admission/apply/

Admission Requirements for Bates

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	5
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	5
Recommendations	1
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Bates?

With an acceptance rate of 14%, Bates is one of the most selective schools in the country. If the admissions department requests additional materials, be sure to submit them promptly. This could be a sign that you're on the border line of being accepted or denied.

Approximately 45% of accepted students are men and 55% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 14%, and the acceptance rate for women is 14%.

Average Test Scores

About 17% of students accepted to Bates submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 700 and 750. Math scores were between 720 and 770.

Bates received ACT scores from 12% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 32 and 33.

Can I Afford Bates College?

The overall average net price of Bates is $56,146. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Bates, approximately 14% of students took out student loans averaging $9,173 a year. That adds up to $36,692 over four years for those students.

Bates College Undergraduate Student Diversity

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,821 full-time undergraduates at Bates, 49% are male and 51% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Bates College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	103
Black or African American	101
Hispanic or Latino	142
White	1,176
International Students	159
Other Races/Ethnicities	140

Geographic Diversity

Maine students aren't the only ones who study at Bates College. At this time, 38 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 59 countries are represented at Bates. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Vietnam.

Bates College Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
Econometrics & Quantitative Economics	68	68
TOTAL	68	68

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By N.Y. Walton under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.